"Huh? What did you say, Your Highness? Sandwiched a chubby shrimp dumpling, Tao Yao was a little distracted, so she didn't hear what the people around her said. When asked again, Princess Taiping had already changed into a look that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

"Xiao'er, do you know what I'm going to do when I go home?" Drinking the porridge without taking a sip, the woman's fingers coated with bright red kodan lightly rested on the handle of the snow-white porcelain spoon, and a strange and bewildering style was set off quietly.

Her eyes were unconsciously attracted, and Tao Yao even forgot to pick up the jujube paste cake on the plate, but looked at the person beside her in confusion: "It should be that His Highness's mansion has family affairs to deal with, right?" ”

"Let's just put it that way." With a chuckle, Princess Taiping didn't seem to care about her age at all, and continued to herself: "My concubine wants to take a concubine, I have to go back and have a cup of tea to welcome the newlyweds into the door, isn't it a serious family matter?" ”

"Your Highness, are you...... Sad? Feeling the irony in her tone, Tao Yao couldn't help but put down the dishes and chopsticks and looked at her worriedly. Every time someone wants to send a room to my father or a dancing girl, my mother's face will become ugly and she will be in a bad mood. So Her Royal Highness the Princess, it's probably the same, right?

"Sad?" The corners of her mouth rose, and the curvature was extremely indifferent and cold, Princess Taiping said: "He lives his life, I have my own life, why should I be sad for him?" As early as after she obeyed her mother's arrangement and married Wu Youji for the second time, her heart died. How can the heart be broken when it is dead? Now she is no longer the coquettish and wanton little princess she was back then.

Why did "the ......" still have such an expression?

"Xiao'er, you remember, as the daughter of Li Tang Sect, how much honor you enjoy, how much you have to pay, this is all destined for us to be born." The phoenix's eyes were slightly dark, and Princess Taiping seemed to see the person in her heart through the void, and the expression on her face became more and more sad: "The so-called love between men and women, the mountain alliance and the sea oath, in the end, are no match for the righteousness of the family and the country." Therefore, it is better to keep your heart from the beginning, and do not expect those illusory mirrors, so that you will have the courage to survive the long years ahead, and not have a miserable life in despair. ”

"Hold on...... Your own heart? Tao Yao seemed to understand whether she understood or not, but looking at the Taiping Gongjun, who had always been noble and arrogant, showing such a fragile side, she felt in a trance that this was a great piece of advice for her. But what is the love between men and women, the mountain alliance and the sea oath? Could it be that just by being born as clan girls, they are doomed to lose all this?

For the first time in her life, Tao Yao was so lost that she might need to calm down and think about it.

"Your Highness, why did you say that to the little county lord today?" Seeing the little man leave the Lanyue Hall in a daze, Qiu Yuan was a little unbearable: "The little county lord is still young, will it be too early to teach her this?" ”

"This girl looks too much like Brother Li Xian, and when I see her eyes, I can't help but think of the past." Half-closed, Princess Taiping reached out and pinched her eyebrows, and her tired look was even worse than just now: "I will be six years old after the New Year, and I am not small to say that it is not small, and it is also enough for people with a heart to make up their minds." Even if Gao Sheji intends to marry his son, there are too many variables, and I always have to plan for a rainy day. ”

The late Prince Zhang Huai...... At first glance, when he heard about this taboo in the palace, Akihara couldn't help but tremble, today's highness is really a little too abnormal. She didn't say anything more, she bowed and was about to withdraw, but the woman who was half-leaning on the soft couch opened her mouth lazily: "By the way, Tao Yao seems to have grown a lot, and I see that the sleeves of her clothes are short." While the Shangyi Bureau is not busy at the moment, you quickly ask someone to make a few more clothes for her. ”

"Yes, the slave will do it immediately." After a moment of surprise, Akihara smiled silently. Even if it's her own daughter, I'm afraid it's just that.

And Tao Yao, who returned to his side hall residence, thought back to Princess Taiping's words, and his thoughts were so surging that he could hardly settle his mind. finally sat down and opened the poem at hand, but what caught her eye was the one she knew by heart: the peach is dying, scorching its glory. The son is home, and it is appropriate for him to live in his room.

"The son is home, and it is appropriate for him to have a home." Muttered a few times in a low voice, and Tao Yao's expression became more and more confused. What did Princess Taiping mean by that? Is she hinting that she may be sent to make peace, so don't have any illusions about the relationship between men and women, or is she just feeling it, because she is not affectionate and related, reminding herself not to follow the same path as her?

"Sister Hongfu," she suddenly asked, "Have you heard about Her Royal Highness the Princess's previous marriage?" She knew that the current Wu Juma was already the second husband of Princess Taiping, before coming to Shendu, her mother had mentioned to her that Princess Taiping was very favored by His Majesty the Emperor, and because she felt sorry for her widow due to the death of her predecessor, she was specially decreed to marry her to the young and promising Wu Youji. This is not the treatment that ordinary princesses can have, but just looking at today's situation, it seems that this family affair is not as glamorous as the legend in the outside world.

"I've heard of it." After all, Hongfu followed her parents to the north and south, and she really understands the stories that have been sung for a while: "Her Royal Highness the princess's first concubine is Xue Shao, the youngest son of the eldest princess of Chengyang, that is, Her Royal Highness's cousin. It is said that General Xue Xiao is handsome, both civil and military, and has known His Royal Highness since childhood, and his feelings are very deep. The grandeur of the wedding that year caused a sensation in the entire Chang'an City, and the torches of lighting were not extinguished all night, and even the trees along the way were scorched. ”

"It turned out to be a childhood sweetheart...... summed up thoughtfully, and Tao Yao held her cheeks and seriously guided Hongfu to continue: "What about later? Why did this Xue Horse pass away? ”

"This ......" Hongfu looked embarrassed, first looked around vigilantly, and then lowered her voice to make sure that only the two of them could hear: "The slave and maid don't dare to guarantee that it is true, but I heard that the Xue family and son participated in the rebellion and implicated Xue Fuma." Although he was not directly executed like his brother, he was still imprisoned by order of His Majesty the Emperor, and finally died in prison. Her Royal Highness was pregnant with their fourth child at the time, and she almost didn't survive. ”

Rebellion even involves rebellion...... couldn't help frowning slightly, Tao Yao suddenly felt a little distressed about Princess Taiping.

Her husband was killed alive by her mother, and she could do nothing but suffer in the house with the child in her womb, what a heartache! In this way, the person in the princess's heart is Xue Shao? The man who once swore an alliance with her, but in the end only allowed her a show? She lost her heart at that time, so now she is miserable and desperate?

What does it mean to be righteous? Why can't she get in touch?

Just when Hongfu looked at her little master's unfathomable thinking with an inexplicable face, there was a knock on the door of the side hall: "Excuse me, is the county lord of Taoyao now in the palace?" ”

This is a completely unfamiliar female voice, Tao Yao came back to her senses, and saw that Hongfu had already walked out of the inner room and opened the door: "The county lord is in the hall, I don't know what this female history is called?" ”

"Slave maid Shangguan Wan'er, on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, I specially invite the lord of Taoyao County to go to Zhenguan Hall to speak."